Diadegma mollipla explained

Diadegma mollipla is a wasp which parasitises the larvae of the diamondback moth and the potato tuber moth. The species was first described by August Holmgren in 1868. Its range includes the Canary Islands, Britain and parts of Africa.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Parasitoid wasp

Further reading

• 10.1146/annurev.en.38.010193.001423 . Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Diamondback Moth . Annual Review of Entomology . 38 . 275–301 . 1993 . Talekar . N. S. . Shelton . A. M. . amp.
• Book: Nofemela . Robert S. . 2004 . Studies on Parasitoids of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in South Africa . MSc thesis . Rhodes University, Grahamstown . South Africa .
• Holmgren, A. E. (1868.) "Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit.", Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. 6 :391–442.
• Taxapad Ichneumonoidea. Yu D.S.K., May 4, 2009
• Cameron, P. (1905). "On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Cape Colony and Transvaal". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 15: 195–257.
• Cameron, P. (1906). "Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town". Annals of the South African Museum. 5: 17–186.
• Cameron, P. (1905). "On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa (Third paper)". Record of the Albany Museum. 1: 297–314.

External links

• Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist
• "Diadegma mollipla (Holmgren)". WaspWeb.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diamondback moth . Agricultural Research Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20061015003443/http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=953 . October 15, 2006 . September 16, 2013.
2. Web site: Species Page - Diadegma mollipla . Entomology Collection . University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum . https://archive.today/20130916191121/http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Hymenoptera&c=7&s=38046 . September 16, 2013 . September 16, 2013 . live .
3. 10.1017/S0007485307005482 . 18062837 . Interspecific competition between Diadegma semiclausum Hellen and Diadegma mollipla (Holmgren), parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L), feeding on a new host plant . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 98 . 2 . 135–43 . 2008 . Rossbach . A. . Löhr . B. . Vidal . S. . 27710345 . amp.